Why Dan Bailey Could Be on Track to Become the Best Kicker in NFL History

October 14, 2014   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments


With his 100th career field goal on his 110th career attempt Sunday in Seattle, Dan Bailey of the Dallas Cowboys officially became the most accurate placekicker in NFL history. 
Because field-goal kicking has become so much better now than at any other point in the past, being the best kicker of this era essentially means you're the best kicker of all time. Placekicking success rates skew so dramatically from past eras to this one that comparisons are comical. It's like comparing home run numbers from baseball's steroid era to anything that came before McGwire, Sosa and Bonds. 
Amazingly, the top 38 most accurate kickers in NFL history have been active in the last decade. Twenty-three of those kickers are active right freakin' now. There isn't a single active kicker with enough field goals to qualify (100 in the minimum) who isn't in the top 50 on the all-time accuracy list. 

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